Nathaniel Atkinson

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Nathaniel Atkinson
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Atkinson with Melbourne City in 2019
Personal information
Full name Nathaniel Caleb Atkinson
Date of birth (1999-06-13) 13 June 1999 (age 22)
Place of birth Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s) Right back
Club information
Current team
 Heart of Midlothian
Number 12
Youth career
Riverside Olympic
FFT NTC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2017 Melbourne City NPL 32 (8)
2017–2022 Melbourne City 75 (4)
2022– Heart of Midlothian 2 (0)
National team‡
2018 Australia U-20 3 (1)
2019– Australia U-23 7 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 27 January 2022
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22 December 2021

Nathaniel Atkinson (born 13 June 1999) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a right back for Scottish Premiership side Heart of Midlothian.

Club career[]

Early career[]

Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Atkinson was part of the youth setup at Riverside Olympic before joining the NTC program at Football Tasmania.[2] In 2016, Atkinson joined the Melbourne City academy after a successful trial with the club.[3] He played with the Melbourne City NPL side in the NPL Victoria from 2016 to 2017.[3] Towards the end of the 2016–17 season, Atkinson began training with the Melbourne City first team.[4]

Melbourne City[]

Going into the 2017–18 season, Atkinson was given the 37 shirt.[5] He made his competitive debut for the first team in a FFA Cup match against Peninsula Power at Dolphin Oval on 1 August 2017. He came on as a late stoppage time substitute for Bruno Fornaroli as Melbourne City won the match 2–0.[6] On 10 December 2017, due to the suspension of Melbourne City's regular right-back Manny Muscat, Atkinson made his A-League debut for the club against the Central Coast Mariners. Despite being named as a right back before the match, Atkinson played the match as a right winger as Melbourne City managed to win 1–0.[7] After the match, Melbourne City head coach Warren Joyce praised Atkinson, saying "I thought he took his opportunity well. He’s one that caught my eye as soon as I came to the club."[7]

On 12 January 2018, after a promising start, Atkinson signed a two-year senior contract with Melbourne City.[8]

In September 2020, Atkinson signed a two-year contract with Perth Glory.[9] However, three weeks later, his contract was terminated due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation,[10] allowing him to sign another two-year contract with Melbourne City.[11]

On 24 December 2021, Atkinson signed a three-and-a-half year contract with Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian, with the deal going through on 10 January 2022.[12]

International career[]

In January 2017, Atkinson was selected to train with the Australia U20 side.[13]

In November 2019 he was one of four players suspended by the Australia U23 due to "unprofessional conduct".[14]

Honours[]

Melbourne City

Individual

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 19 May 2021[15][16]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Asia Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Melbourne City NPL[17] 2017 NPL Victoria 2 32 8 — — — 32 8
Melbourne City 2017–18 A-League 17 0 1 0 — — 18 0
2018–19 17 0 3 0 — — 20 0
2019–20 23 1 0 0 — — 23 1
2020–21 14 2 — — — 14 2
2021–22 4 0 — — — 4 0
Total 75 3 4 0 — — 79 3
Career total 107 3 4 0 – – 111 3

International[]

Appearances and goals by national team, year and competition
Team Year Competitive Friendly Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Australia U20 2018 3[b] 1 0 0 3 1
Australia U23 2019 2[c] 0 2 0 4 0
Total 5 1 2 0 7 1

Notes[]

  1. ^ Includes the FFA Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in the 2018 AFC U-19 Championship
  3. ^ Appearances in the 2020 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

References[]

  1. ^ "Squad list - Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020" (PDF). FIFA. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Former Launceston Player to Trial for Melbourne City". NTJSA. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Talented teenager motivated by soccer-mad family". Examiner. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ Cooling, Andrew (16 March 2017). "Atkinson Trains With Melbourne City First Team". Slice of Cheese. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Melbourne City Squad 2017–18". worldfootball.net.
  6. ^ "Peninsula Power 0���2 Melbourne City". Soccerway.
  7. ^ a b Windley, Matt (10 December 2017). "Young gun Nathaniel Atkinson praised by coach Warren Joyce after starring in Melbourne City win". Herald Sun. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  8. ^ Lynch, Michael (12 January 2018). "Nathaniel Atkinson gets two-year deal with Melbourne City". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  9. ^ "Glory sign Nabbout on two-year deal". The World Game. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  10. ^ Morgan, Gareth (23 September 2020). "Squad Update". Perth Glory.
  11. ^ "Melbourne City re-signs Atkinson, Berenguer and Griffiths". Melbourne City. 23 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Match made in heaven for Nathaniel | Heart Of Midlothian Football Club". www.heartsfc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  13. ^ Shaw, Rob (31 January 2017). "Riverside Olympic's Nathaniel Atkinson called up by Young Socceroos". Examiner. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Four Australia Under-23 players banned after complaint from woman". 19 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  15. ^ "Nathaniel Atkinson » Club matches". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  16. ^ Nathaniel Atkinson at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  17. ^ "Player statistics for Nathaniel Atkinson". GameDay. SportsTG. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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